Getting started 6
First steps for owners and dispatchers, signing in and what the licence allows.
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154 guides for towing, repair and collision, taxi and livery, and fleet. Search them, or narrow the list to your role, your hosting and your device.
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- Getting started The Get running checklist Follow the first-run checklist that takes you from a new install to your first job in about ten minutes, and skip or reopen any item.
- Getting started Getting started as the owner Set up your business account, sign in for the first time, turn on two-step sign-in and make your first backup.
- Getting started Getting started as a dispatcher Sign in, read the dispatch board, take your first tow call and send a driver to it.
- Setup and hosting Welcome and choosing how to start Pick the language for the setup pages, then start a new business on this server or restore one from a backup file.
- Setup and hosting Installing Pop Street Dispatch on a Mac Install the app from its disk image, open it past the macOS warning for unsigned apps, install the office server, keep both up to date and remove them.
- Setup and hosting Installing on Windows Install the Dispatch server and the Windows app, get past the SmartScreen warning on unsigned builds, start and stop the server, uninstall, and find where your data lives.
Setup and hosting 16
Installing the apps, running the server, backups and moving from a trial to a paid licence.
All 16 guidesTowing and roadside 25
Calls, trucks, drivers, the yard, impound and assignment.
All 25 guidesRepair and collision 11
Repair orders, estimates, parts and invoices for shops.
All 11 guidesTaxi and livery 5
Trips, bookings, drivers and billing accounts.
All 5 guidesFleet 34
Assets, meters, drivers, documents, fuel and what is due.
All 34 guidesCustomers and vehicles 4
Customer records and the vehicles on file.
All 4 guidesMoney and invoices 10
Invoices, payments, tax rates and accounting exports.
All 10 guidesAdministration 14
Business settings, roles, backups, licence checks and server health.
All 14 guidesWorking across devices 9
Shared dispatch, offline use, safe mode and session restore.
All 9 guidesPlaybooks 11
What to do, step by step, when something goes wrong or changes.
All 11 guidesDevelopers 6
Integration keys, webhooks, the live board feed and the API.
All 6 guidesReference 3
API errors, rate limits and storage limits.
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